Meanings
nouneggfruit (countable and uncountable, plural eggfruits)
plural eggfruits · alternative egg-fruit
- countableuncountableFruit of the eggplant (Solanum melongena).
- countableuncountableFruit of the canistel tree (Lucuma campechiana), native to Central America and cultivated in tropical regions.
- countableuncountableFruit of the lucmo tree (Lucuma bifera), closely related to the canistel and native to the Andean region of South America.
“I’m pumped!” he exclaimed, having just been told that a new graft will increase the size of his cherimoyas, and that he can easily hand pollinate his underproducing eggfruits.
2009 June 28, John Anderson, “His Weird Side: That’s Where the Fun Is”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies
Similar
Broader
edible fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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APA
eggfruit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggfruit
MLA
“eggfruit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggfruit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eggfruit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eggfruit.
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